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Jacky Well Completed Under Budget

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Ithaca Energy Inc.
Rig Completes Jacky Injection Well Under Budget
London, UK - Calgary, Canada, 2nd November, 2009 - Ithaca Energy Inc. (TSX VENTURE:IAE)(AIM:IAE) and
its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited ("Ithaca" or "the Company"), an independent oil &
gas company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, is
pleased to announce it has drilled and completed the Jacky water injection well ahead of schedule and under
budget.
The well encountered good reservoir quality across the field oil/water contact and is in pressure
communication with the Jacky production well, as expected. It is ideally located for providing pressure
support to help maintain existing Jacky oil production. Water injection will start over the next week and
the impact on Jacky production will be reported once injection rates have been optimized.
The Ensco 80 drilling unit was mobilised to the Jacky Field on Wednesday the 9th September and completed
the well on Sunday 1st November, 2 days ahead of schedule. The rig will now mobilise to Beatrice Bravo for
two workover operations, which is expected to boost production from the Beatrice reservoir. Details will be
given once the rig is positioned and the operations are underway.
As previously announced, Ithaca will now seek an updated Independent Reserves Audit report for the Jacky
field to reflect the significantly better than expected (dry oil) production performance to date.
Partners in the Jacky field are Ithaca (47.5%), Dyas UK Ltd (42.5%) and North Sea Energy (UK) Ltd (10%)
Partners in the Beatrice Field, including Beatrice Bravo are Ithaca (50%) and Dyas UK Ltd (50%).
Commenting, Iain McKendrick, CEO of Ithaca, said:
"Work on sustaining and boosting Jacky and Beatrice production will maintain significant cash flow
throughout 2010 and beyond. This gives the Company the capability and flexibility to schedule Stella and
its other opportunities and to enhance production from existing assets and resources whilst maintaining
capital discipline. The Stella transaction announced last week, whereby Ithaca becomes operator, is a
timely example of the Company moving to control the pace of investment and development".
Enquiries:
Ithaca Energy Inc:
Iain McKendrick, CEO imckendrick@ithacaenergy.com +44 (0) 1224 650 261
John Woods, CDO jwoods@ithacaenergy.com +44 (0) 1224 650 273
Steven Turner, CFO sturner@ithacaenergy.com +44 (0) 1224 652 151
Pelham Public Relations:
Philip Dennis philip.dennis@pelhampr.com +44 (0) 207 337 1516
Elena Dobson elena.dobson@pelhampr.com +44 (0) 207 337 1517
Cenkos Securities plc:
Jon Fitzpatrick jfitzpatrick@cenkos.com +44 (0) 131 220 9773
Ken Fleming kfleming@cenkos.com +44 (0) 131 220 9772
In accordance with AIM Guidelines, Lawrie Payne, MA Marine Geology (Alberta & Columbia) and Chairman of
Ithaca Energy is the qualified person that has reviewed the technical information contained in this press
release.
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